KCRW DJ Anthony Valadez’s Top 10 Albums of 2012

Check out Anothony Vladez’s Top 10 list, honorable mentions and Top 10 remixes for 2012! See all of the DJ Top 10 lists here.

2. Ana Tijoux – La Bala (Nacional)

3. Hiatus Kaiyote – Tawk Tomahawk (Hiatus Kaiyote Self Released )

4. Flying Lotus – Until The Quiet Comes (Warp)

5. Frank Ocean – channel ORANGE (Def Jam)

6. Cody Chesnutt – Landing On A Hundred (Redeye)

7. Me’Shell Ndegeocello – Pur Une Ame Souveraine – A Dedication to Nina SImone (Naive)

8. XXYYXX – XXYYXX (Relief In Abstract)

9. Rainy Milo – Limey (Brownswood)

10. Quantic w/ Alice Russell – Look Around The Corner (Tru Thoughts)

Honorable Mentions:

1. Zulu Guru – Zulu Guru (Ninja Tune)

2. Karriem Riggins – Alone Together (Stonesthrow)

3. Lapalux – Some Other Time (Brainfeeder)

4. Robert Glasper – Black Radio (Blue Note)

5. Thavius Beck – The Most Beautiful Ugly (Plug Research)

6. The Insomniax – Love She Wants (Ernest Endeavors)

7. S3 – Supa Soul Sh** (Melting Pot Music)

8. Sonnymoon – Sonnymoon (Plug Research)

9. Homeboy Sandman – Chimera (Stonesthrow)

10 Los Miticos del Ritmo – Los Miticos del Ritmo (Soundway Records)

Top 10 Remixes for 2012:

1. Jessie Ware – Runnin (Disclosure Remix) (Universal)

2. Jose James – It’s All Over Your Body (Oddisee Remix) (White Label)

3. Mark De Clive Lowe – Get Started Feat. Omar (Full Crate Remix) (Tru Thoughts)

4. LOL Boys – Changes (Shlomo Remix) (Friends of Friends)

5. Jonathan Boulet – This Song Is Called Ragged (Dro Carey Remix) (Modular Recordings)

6. Justo Betancourt – Catano (Whiskey Baron’s Cumbia Dub Mix) (Codigo Music)

7. Daphni – Cos-Ber-Zam Ne Noya (Daphni Remix) (Merge Records)

8 The Stepkids – Sweet Salvation (Yacht Remix) (Stonesthrow)

9. Kimbra – Settle Down (Diggs Duke Remix) (White Label)

10. Robert Glasper Experiment – Twice (Questlove’s Twice Baked Remix Feat. Solange Knowles and The Roots (Blue Note)